Glenn Ford Movies

During my research...I found Glenn Ford A Life by his son, Peter, very useful.....well worth checking out.
During my research…I found the book, Glenn Ford A Life by his son, Peter, very useful…..well worth checking out.

Want to know the best Glenn Ford movies?  How about the worst Glenn Ford movies?  Curious about Glenn Ford’s box office grosses or which Glenn Ford movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Glenn Ford movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

One of our first requested pages (5 years and 2 website homes ago) was for Glenn Ford (1916-2006).  So why the delay?  The main reason is that we generally stay away from Columbia Pictures performers.  The reason for this reluctance, is the fact that it is almost impossible to find box office numbers for Columbia Pictures movies from 1930 to 1980.  Getting box office numbers is one of the most important factors in our rankings.  Recently we got another request for Ford.  A deeper look into Ford’s career showed that many of his movies made Variety’s Top Grossing yearly movie charts.  So Søren, Flora, William, Hinton66 and Tom….finally here is your requested page.

Glenn Ford (1916-2006) was a Canadian-born American Golden Globe® winning actor.  Ford’s acting career covered 7 decades…from the 1930s to the 1990s. His IMDb page shows 110 acting credits from 1937-1991. This page ranks Glenn Ford movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, and movies not released in North America were not included in the rankings.

Glenn Ford in 1946's Gilda
Glenn Ford in 1946’s Gilda

Glenn Ford Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Glenn Ford Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort Glenn Ford movies by co-stars of his movies.
  • Sort Glenn Ford movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Glenn Ford movies by domestic yearly box office rank or by trivia for that movie
  • Sort Glenn Ford movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Glenn Ford movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Glenn Ford movie won.
  • Sort Glenn Ford movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
  • Use the search and sort button to make this page very interactive.

 

Glenn Ford in 1957's 3:10 To Yuma....our favorite Ford performance
Glenn Ford in 1957’s 3:10 To Yuma….our favorite Ford performance

Possibly Interesting Facts About Glenn Ford

1.  Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford was born in Quebec, Canada in 1916.   Ford was related to U.S. President Martin Van Buren.

2.  Glenn Ford’s path to stardom: 1.  After graduating high school started working in small theater groups. 2. Was taught horsemanship by Will Rogers.  3.  Performed with West Coast stage companies. 4.  Signed a movie contract with Columbia.  5.  After some weak B movies hit a homerun with 1941’s So Ends Our Night.  6.  After serving in the Marines during World War 2 he returned to movies.  7.  In 1946, Ford appeared in one of his most famous roles, Gilda.  Ford was a star the rest of his life.

3.  Gummo Marx helped get Glenn Ford his first Columbia movie contract.  Gummo was the 2nd youngest Marx Brother.

4.  Glenn Ford was never nominated for an Academy Award®.  For more on this please visit our Classic Actors Who Got Hosed By The Academy page.

5.  Glenn Ford did get nominated for 3 Golden Globe® awards.  He received nominations for 1956’s The Teahouse of the August Moon and 1957’s Don’t Go Near The Water.  He won the Golden Globe® Best Actor for 1961’s A Pocketful of Miracles.

6.  Glenn Ford was married 4 times.  His first marriage to singer, dancer, actress Eleanor Powell was from 1943 to 1959.  They had one child….Peter Ford who became an actor and writer.

7.  Glenn Ford is credited with being the fastest “gun” in Hollywood westerns, able to draw and fire in 0.4 seconds.

8.  Glenn Ford was among Hollywood’s Top 10 box office stars 3 times:  He ranked 5th in 1956, 1st in 1958, and 6th in 1959.

9.  Glenn Ford appeared in 5 movies with Rita Hayworth: The Lady in Question (1940), Affair in Trinidad (1952), The Loves of Carmen (1948), The Money Trap (1965) and of course Gilda (1946).  The Ford/Hayworth team is one of the greatest in movie history.

10. Check out Glenn Ford‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

Finally:  Just want to take a minute to acknowledge a very awesome book on Glenn Ford.  Glenn Ford A Life by Peter Ford is a fascinating read.  Book offers a look at both Ford’s screen life and his off screen personal life.  If you like Glenn Ford then you have to check out this book.  Glenn Ford A Life.

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  1. FLORA:
    1 Actually Glenn Ford is on record in a TV interview that I watched live as saying that he is definitely NOT ORIGINALLY from Canada. I will explain that to you in detail when Bruce does his update on Glenn’s grosses and I post the response that I plan.

    2 If I say too much now I will have insufficient material for a comprehensive post when Bruce’s update arrives.

    Hope your cold gets better and you have a good night’s sleep.

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      1. 1 Glenn is a very nostalgic part of my boyhood and I have spent many happy times watching his films. The first western that I actually can remember seeing at the age of 10 is the 1951 The Redhead and the Cowboy starring Glenn and the lovely Rhonda Fleming who was my favourite 50s actress.

        2 However he insisted in a TV interview in England that he was NOT born in Quebec City but simply lived there from a certain point.

        3 We are in Bruce’s hands as to when I can let you have full details of the TV interview because only he can produce the update that will trigger my full post on the subject. I hope that Bruce does that update soon as I am just itching to do the post as I regard Glenn very highly.

        4 By the way it must be serendipity because many of us have been banging on all day about How Green Was My Valley and I have just watched an episode of Frasier where he goes to great lengths to track down a video of that film and then spends the rest of the episode seeking peace to watch it.

        Sleep tight young Flora.

        BOBBY

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        1. thanks. iT IS ONLY 3:18 NOW. MY TIME BUT IT IS ACTUALLY THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.

          Love your poetry Bobby.

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        2. I would love it if you simply gave me the link to the TV article.

          Do not worry about the timing.

          AS I said before, I waited 5 years for this page.

          And it is actually trending.

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          1. FLORA

            Hope you had a good night’s sleep and your cold is receding.

            1 When I do a fresh post on a star I like to check any previous posts of mine on that person so that I don’t repeat information I have already given. Checking is easier if such information is confined to one post.

            2 However generally you have been very helpful to me regarding research so I will break my rule and now give you the relevant part of my new Glenn Ford post.

            3 Glenn was a believer in reincarnation and thought that his first life was largely spent as a Spanish soldier on a slave ship. Therefore he saw himself as originally a Spaniard and regarded Canada as just one of many places that he had lived temporarily as he progressed through his lives over the centuries. .

            4 He believed that immediately before he became ‘Glenn Ford’ he was Charlie Bill Stuart from Scotland who for a time lived Out West in the States and over the years Glenn had searched in vain for Charlie Bill’s grave.

            5 He came to England in the mid 60s with his new young wife Kathryn and was interviewed on TV by the BBC. Aware of his search the BBC had located Charile Bill’s grave in a remote part of the Highlands of Scotland and they surprised Glenn by flashing up the grave on a studio screen; whereupon a shocked Glenn clutched Kathryn and said “Oh my goodness! That’s me down there.”

            6 I am not sure if Kathryn shared Glenn’s beliefs but if she did she must have assumed that he had also had many sex lives. I make that point because in one of your posts you raised the issue of Glenn’s sex life.

            7 You’d do well if you now quickly turned up that half century old interview but if you wish for general confirmation of the authenticity of what I have been saying please access Google on;
            “Glenn Ford. Reincarnated. Paranormal. BellaOnline.

            which will explain that under hypnosis Glenn could recall details of 5 envisaged former lives and was also able to play the piano. That was something he had never done as Glenn Ford but a professional piano teacher had been – Charlie Bill Stuart. Creepy!

          2. Hey Bob….not sure Flora has seen this post yet…..but it offers up some interesting observations on Mr. Ford. He is not the only one that believes in reincarnation. Shirley MacLaine (who has been very very good to this website and to us) is another believer. That is some very specific memories….Charlie Bill Stuart. That would be a good tv show to watch on You Tube. I will google that after finishing these comments. Sounds interesting and as you say “creepy”.

  2. I know that.

    What I men by that it is that on the TCM web forum, someone named Tisher Price who is a new fan of Greg, made reference to the fact that he and Bergman had a relationship and that the Pecks nearly divorced over this:

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    1. Hey Flora and Bob….interesting comments on Mr. Ford. Looks like I need to drop one column off….as it is running into the links. The good news is I think I can actually find box office on some of the missing movies. As for his sex life…please remember that this is a PG at most rated website…though we actually strive for a G rating….lol.

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  3. Bruce;

    Heads up that this Sunday on May 1st, Glenn Ford would have turned 100 years old.

    Because it is a Sunday, and TCM is not airing his movies during the daytime, he is the primetime Double Feature. They are airing:

    1. Gilda – my FAVOURITE!
    2. A Stolen Life

    Top Billed on TCM wanted them to show Westerns, but I imagine he will be strongly featured in the planned two month look at Westerns.

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  4. Have been trying to locate a film of his. The film relates to the aftermath of a nuclear attack and he is trying to save his family. He stops a freeway with petrol bombs and ends up taking refuge in a cave. Good to know that Glenn was quite fast on the draw.

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    1. Hey Barry…..mmmm….interesting question. I have not seen the movie you are talking about…..but taking a guess it sounds like a movie called Virus…which is also known as Day of Resurrection…made in 1980.

      Hey Flora….if you read this comment…..do you have any idea which movie Barry is looking for? I bow to your Glenn Ford knowledge.

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      1. This is a Japanese movie made in 1980. It is the one you mentioned, and I have yet to see it.

        But imdb has it listed under its Japanese name. I imagine it was actually made in Japan.

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        1. Hey Flora….I did a “post-apocalyptic Glenn Ford” google search and this is the only movie that came up. Virus can actually be seen on you tube….quality is terrible….but I scanned around looking for a “cave” scene but did not see one. Thanks for the help.

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  5. Bruce:

    I’ve created a Glenn Ford Fans Here Thread in the favourite section of the TCM forum and added a link to this page.

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